The Great Geek Manual

  • Blog
 

Geek Media Round-Up: April 23, 2012

23 Apr 2012  Media

Art

Avengers Assembled

  • 18 stunning sci-fi guitars
  • Aperture Daleks: Dr Who/Portal mash-up
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer Cake
  • Classy Tardis cosplay
  • Fringe Warning Posters
  • Rule 63 Predator cosplay
  • A Star Wars tattoo inspired by Salvador Dali
  • Women Fighters In Reasonable Armor

Cross-Media

  • 14 Freaky Sci-Fi And Fantasy Prisons
  • The Observer’s 10 best female action heroes

Film

  • Interview: Adam West weighs in on Christopher Nolan’s final Batman chapter
  • Joss Whedon: Hollywood’s golden boy.
  • News: Disney film boss Rich Ross resigns after John Carter flop
  • News: Hollywood Still Trying To Kill The Golden Netflix Goose
  • News: A new study from Viacom suggests that tablets have become the second most popular way to watch full-length television shows, now up to 15%
  • Review: Five Reasons To Watch Avengers Assemble
  • Can Consumers Legally Sell Unused UltraViolet Movie Codes? : Media & Entertainment Services Alliance
  • First Photo from The Colony Starring Laurence Fishburne, Bill Paxton
  • The Sunday Night DVR Dilemma Is Stupid

Literature

  • Interview: Dana Fredsti talks about her latest Ashley Parker novel, Plague Town
  • Interview: Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy interviews Anne Rice.
  • Interview: Kotaku interviews China Miéville.
  • Interview: Suvudu readers interview Naomi Novik of Crucible of Gold.
  • News: Announcing Michael Whelan on the A Memory of Light Print Cover. Tor offers a Darrell K. Sweet Tribute, including A Memory of Light Sketch.
  • 10 Science Fiction Novels Every Writer Should Read
  • Book Spine Poetry
  • Consumers Upset and Confused Over E-Book Pricing
  • Death to the Chainmail Bikini! Long live Women Fighters In Reasonable Armor.
  • Fantasy’s moment has come
  • How to Train Yourself to Speed Read
  • The innovation we need to see before eBooks can completely replace pBooks
  • The Kindle Index: What City Buys the Most E-Readers?
  • Nine Heroic Animal Deaths in Science Fiction and Fantasy
  • Read a hilarious skit Joss Whedon wrote about sexism and evil robots.
  • What Amazon’s ebook strategy means… and I Got a Kindle and It Changed My Mind are great reads.

Science

  • Dinosaurs grew to outpace their young: Ancient reptiles owed huge size more to their eggs than to a benign environment.

Technology

  • Infographic: Space Ships: Sci-Fi vs. Real Life
  • Mystery company backed by James Cameron and Google executives may be an asteroid mining project
  • Soft Robotics Takes Shape
  • Someone Has Invented The Sonic Screwdriver From Doctor Who (More here)

Television

  • Interview: John Barrowman On Returning To Doctor Who, Taking Over For Matt Smith, And A Doctor Who Stage Musical!
  • News: Arrested Development Season 4: Netflix Will Premiere All 10 Episodes
  • 53 Reasons Why We Need a New Star Trek TV Series
  • Cowboy Bebop director Shinichirō Watanabe and composer Yoko Kanno have reunited for an anime adaptation of Sakamichi no Apollon (Kids on the Slope), a Shogakukan Manga Award-winning manga by Yuki Kodama. Fuji TV started broadcasting the series on April 12, 2012 (trailer). The series is currently being streamed on Crunchyroll, and will later be streamed on Hulu.

Writing

  • 6 Tips for Turning Awful Fan Fiction into a Best Seller
  • The Recipe for Writing Success? Kill Your Characters

Want more? Check out Geek Art Gallery for more art links and eye candy. Visit Oneironomicon for more on book trailers, reviews,and writing links.



Add to Social Bookmarks

del.icio.usRedditTechnoratiFurlBlinklistNetscapeYahoo My WebNewsvine
SocializerMa.gnoliaStumble UponGoogle BookmarksRawSugarSquidooSpurlBlinkBits
NetvouzRojoBlogmarksCo.mmentsScuttleFeed Me LinksYiggMr.Wong
  • Archives

    • May 2013
    • April 2013
    • March 2013
    • February 2013
    • January 2013
    • December 2012
    • November 2012
    • October 2012
    • September 2012
    • August 2012
    • July 2012
    • June 2012

    Categories

    • Gadgets & More
    • T-Shirts
    • Geek History
    • Geekology
    • Geek Reading
    • Humor
    • Graphical Gags
    • Motivational
    • Videos
    • Webcomic
    • Infographics
    • Japan 101
    • Links
    • Media
    • Books
    • Book Reviews
    • Movies
    • Music
    • Short Films
    • Television
    • Video Games
    • News
    • Photo Galleries
    • Books
    • Quotations
    • Rantings
    • Science
    • Software & Tech
  • Related Posts

    • Geek Media Round-Up: May 2, 2008
    • Geek Media Round-Up: March 7, 2008
    • Geek Media Round-Up: February 3, 2009
    • Geek Media Round-Up: September 11, 2009
  • Sponsors

    • Host Color: Multiple Web Site Hosting
    • Take home a robot vacuum cleaner from Robomaid.

     

BlogRoll

  • Bibliophile Stalker
  • The Daily Top 10
  • The Geekanerd Blog
  • I Can Has Motivation
  • (Jeff)isageek
  • The Lair of the Evil DM
  • Lisa Paitz Spindler
  • The Presurfer
  • Not So Motivational
  • The Science of Fiction
  • Weirdwarp
  • Coming Soon...
  • Coming Soon...
  • Coming Soon...
  • Coming Soon...

SiteInfo

  • About the Author
  • Book Reviews by Author
  • Book Reviews by Title
  • Contact the Author
  • Credits
  • Disclaimers and Notices
  • Donations
  • Hostcolor
  • Recommended Reading
  • Subscribe via E-Mail or RSS
  • This Day in Geek History

PopularPosts

  • Blogging is a lot like Sex...
  • Motivational Monday: Humorous Posters
  • Picture of the Week: Harry Potter Porn
  • Portable Utilities for USB Drives
  • Programming is like Sex...
  • Neville Longbottom's Favorite Plant
  • Seven Unexpected Harry Potter Endings
  • Sex Advice from a D&D Player
  • Signs the IT Department is out of Hand
  • Top Ten Halo Pick-Up Lines
  • Top RapidShare Link Communities
  • Top Ten Signs a D&D Player is Gay
  • Top Ten Turn Down Lines for Geek Chicks
  • A Traditional D&D Thanksgiving
  • The Ultimate D&D Gaming FlowChart
Host Color Web Hosting

508 CSS XHTML
Website Credits & Disclaimers